Bed-brace



(No Model.)

S. R. PAYNE. BBD BRAGB.

No. 595,201. Patented Deo. 7, 1897.I

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UNIED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL ROE PAYNE, OF RIDDLETON, TENNESSEE.

BED-BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,201, dated December7, 1897.

Application filed September 19,1896. Serial No. 606,433. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, SAMUEL ROE PAYNE, of Riddleton, in the county ofSmith and State of Tennessee, have invented an Improved Bed-Brace, ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

The present invention relates to a device for tightening the braces usedin connection with bedsteads, doc.

With this object in view the invention consists of the details ofconstruction and arrangement, which will be more fully describedhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, which forni a part of this application,Figure 1 is a plan view of the device in operating position. Fig. 2 is aside view of the tension device. Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectionalview of the saine. Fig. 4c is a reverse plan view.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalviews.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bedstead of the ordinaryconstruction, coinprising the head and foot and side rails. A staple orhook is secured in each end post, and adjacent thereto are the staplesC, driven into the side rails. The brace-wires D D are attached to thehooks or pins B and pass through the staples C and extend diagonallyacross the bed-frame, crossing each other at the center, all of which isconstructed in accordance with my Patent No. 531,641, granted January l,1895.

E represents a casting-piece centrally apertured at d and provided withperipheral ratchet-teeth Z9 and downwardlyprojecting guide-lugs c.

A circular disk E, having the lever-handle f attached thereto and havingthe hub g projecting downwardly therefrom, is provided for tighteningthe brace-wires D D, the said disk being placed into the casting-piece Eand the hub g projecting down through the aperture o. Projectingdownwardly from the hub g are pins t' for engaging with the saidbrace-wires. A pawl j is provided to engage with the peripheralratchet-teeth h to prevent slipping of the tension device when turned.The said pawl Works in the guideways 7c, situated on the under side ofthe lever-handle, and has the spiral spring m-for keeping the said pawlin engagement. The said tension device is placed under the saidstay-Wires at their point of crossing, passing at right angles throughthe pins t' and under the said guide lugs, as shown. Vhen it is desiredto tighten the bracewires, the hand-lever is moved around in thedirection indicated by the arrow. The lever as it moves around is heldby the pawl fitting into the ratchet-teeth and so the wires can be madetaut.-

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination with the end and foot boards and the side rails of abedstead, of the end posts thereto, the hooks B B secured in said endposts, the staples C C fixed to said side rails near said end posts, thecrossed brace-wires D D, detachably secured to said hooks and staples,the casting-piece E, provided with a central bearing-orifice a,circumferential ratchet teeth b, and lateral guide-lugs c, the disk Fprovided with the integral lever-handle f, the concentric hub g,provided with the lateral pins t' and a springactuated pawl mounted insaid handle and adapted to engage the teeth on the castingpiece E,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL ROE PAYNE. Vitnesses:

PALE BEARLEY, W. J. HAZZARD.

